{"id":43221,"date":"2018-01-11T22:28:45","date_gmt":"2018-01-11T22:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/01\/11\/can-ecstasy-treat-ptsd-a-bitcoin-philanthropist-is-willing-to-pay-millions-to-find-out\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:58:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:58:33","slug":"can-ecstasy-treat-ptsd-a-bitcoin-philanthropist-is-willing-to-pay-millions-to-find-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/2018\/01\/11\/can-ecstasy-treat-ptsd-a-bitcoin-philanthropist-is-willing-to-pay-millions-to-find-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Can ecstasy treat PTSD? A Bitcoin philanthropist is willing to pay millions to find out"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Molly, ecstasy, MDMA, whatever you call it: the illegal psychedelic drug is one step closer to becoming a legally regulated treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder, thanks to a $4 million matching grant from the Pineapple Fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The donation will benefit the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, or MAPS, a nonprofit research organization that will use the money for their third phase of clinical trials on MDMA-assisted psychotherapy. Phase 2 trials were conducted in the US, Canada, Israel, and Switzerland. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Pineapple Fund will match the next $4 million in donations MAPS receives before March 10. This follows a separate donation of $1 million from Pine in December 2017, recorded on both Pineapple Fund\u2019s<\/a> and MAPS\u2019s websites<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPrescription MDMA could be a gift to this world from the bitcoin community,\u201d The Pineapple Fund wrote on Reddit<\/a>. \u201cThis is a scalable and financially sustainable structure that could kick start a renaissance in research into the therapeutic applications of many different psychedelics.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t